H-19 in Korea 1956 Photos

[Jerry O'Neill]

I found these in a bunch of slides at a tag sale. They're marked 1956 "Helicopter landing on football field".
No other info.
Jerry

[Craig59]

Oh! So close and yet so far! I have the data plate for 51-14271 - twenty numbers after this one - and have never found a photograph of it. I'm almost wondering if your two photos might be of different birds as the one from below appears to have the nose number 74 which might translate to 51-14274. I'm sure Sid will chime in and give you what history he has for 51-14251. What a great fine! Thanks for sharing.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Here's two more from the same sequence. I don't have anymore H-19, but I do have two blurry shots of an H-34 as marine One landing on the White House lawn.
Jerry

[Mark Allen M]

Great stuff Jerry, ... and Craig here's 51-14272


Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter at the 3rd TMRS (Transportation Military Railway Service) Headquaters in Yongsan, Korea.

And here's a neat old film you guys may enjoy, sorry it's from a Russian site though
http://vidoz.net/video/c29zb3x5b3V0dWJl ... lQXZF.html

[Jerry O'Neill]

Nice Mark! Way better image of an H-19 than those slides I found!

[JohnB]

Great photos, almost as much fun as watching Battle Taxi on TCM a couple of months back.
(BTW: their H-19As had "B" serials. Anyone have a explanation for that?)

[Craig59]

Great stuff Jerry, ... and Craig here's 51-14272


Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter at the 3rd TMRS (Transportation Military Railway Service) Headquaters in Yongsan, Korea.

And here's a neat old film you guys may enjoy, sorry it's from a Russian site though
http://vidoz.net/video/c29zb3x5b3V0dWJl ... lQXZF.html

Thanks, Mark! That's the image that I Photo-shopped, changing the last 2 into a 1, and is now matted and framed with the data plate. Still on the hunt!

[Mark Allen M]

Ah! Craig you cleaver man, that's a neat idea, love to see you post a photo of that.

[The Inspector]

CHRIS and DREW, you guys taking details notes???

[JFS61]

Interesting how the dark black shadow created by the blade behind the pilot's position manages to neatly go around and completely miss the bar on the national insignia.

[mike furline]

Interesting how the dark black shadow created by the blade behind the pilot's position manages to neatly go around and completely miss the bar on the national insignia.

It's special anti-shadow paint. Dah!!!

[mike furline]

51-14270 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-US-Army-Si ... 791wt_1170

51-14273 http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Army-Sikorsk ... 1105614911

[SIDSIKO]

Great find Jerry,

Information and pictures of the US Army's H-19's are hard to come by, but this example seems to have spent most of it's time in Korea. It was delivered new from Sikorsky to the US Army on the 21st of July 1952, probably sent to Korea shortly after. It is known to have served with the 38th Artillery Brigade before being sent home from Korea in June 1962. Then assigned to the Property Office at Fort Benning, then to Atlanta before being struck off charge, possibly as scrap in February 1963.

Sid

[zorro7]

Sidsiko:

Good day!

As promised, found H-19 FAG 110 prior to restoration c. 2002, Still no Buno is known. This is a poss X FAH H-19 also. Via FAG 525.

p.s Not exactly Korea!!